Mimmo Palmara

Biography

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Born in Cagliari, Palmara made his film debut in 1952 as character actor in drama films by eminent directors such as Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli and Antonio Pietrangeli, then obtained main roles in a great number of genre films, especially adventure films and peplum films., When the sword and sandals genre declined, he took part at a number of spaghetti westerns in which he is usually credited as Dick Palmer. A close friend of Sergio Leone, he was the Leone's first choice for the role of Ramon in A Fistful of Dollars; Palmara eventually chose to star in Mario Caiano's Bullets Don't Argue and the role of Ramon was played by Gian Maria Volontè.

Known For

FantastiCozzi 2016 ★ 6.0
That Malicious Age 1975 ★ 6.4
The Arena 1974 ★ 5.3
Door Into Darkness 1973 ★ 6.8
The Crook 1970 ★ 7.1
The Odyssey 1969 ★ 7.6
The Odyssey 1968 ★ 8.6
A Long Ride from Hell 1968 ★ 5.3
The Stranger 1967 ★ 6.8
Argoman the Fantastic Superman 1967 ★ 5.1
Sandokan the Great 1963 ★ 5.4
Slave Girls of Sheba 1963 ★ 10.0
Sodom and Gomorrah 1962 ★ 5.3
The Colossus of Rhodes 1961 ★ 5.9
The Trojan Horse 1961 ★ 5.6
Hercules and the Captive Women 1961 ★ 4.3
Hercules Unchained 1959 ★ 5.0
The Last Days of Pompeii 1959 ★ 6.3
Sign of the Gladiator 1959 ★ 4.6
Hercules 1958 ★ 5.1
White Nights 1957 ★ 7.5
Attila 1954 ★ 5.4
Senso 1954 ★ 7.2
Woman of the River 1954 ★ 5.9